DEAD: Intel 320 80GB SSD - $105 shipped

[frostedflakes]

Saw this while messing around on NewEgg and figured I'd post it. Not a super hot deal, but a good price on a very solid SSD.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16820167049

Use the coupon code on the product page for $25 off.

edit: Price of the drive was lowered to $130, making it $105 shipped with the coupon code. Currently sold out, but keep checking back, they might get more in stock today.

 

[Termie]

Excellent deal on a reliable drive. I'd take this over a 60GB sandforce drive any day, even if the sandforce drive were $100.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Even Intel drives have their occasional problems. This is an OEM drive, which means that it DOES NOT have the 5-year warranty that Intel normally provides on their retail SSDs.

To me, buying an SSD for 1-year versus 5-years is easily worth the $25 price difference.

 

[frostedflakes]

Thanks for the heads up VirtualLarry, I wasn't aware the OEM/brown box versions were not covered by the 5-year warranty. Definitely makes the decision between this and one of the retail versions more difficult. :hmm:

edit: Has anyone else contacted Intel about the warranty on their OEM 320 SSDs? I'm more confused about this than ever. I talked to someone in their support chat and he seemed to indicate that OEM/brown box drives are covered by the 5-year limited warranty. However NewEgg says 1-year manufacturer warranty on the product page, but I can't find any 1-year warranty even listed on Intel's SSD support pages, only the 3-year limited and 5-year limited warranties.

edit 2: Warranty for retail and reseller box:

http://download.intel.com/support/ssdc/hpssd/sb/5yrlimitedwarrantyssd320seriesmay102011_en.pdf

Warranty for OEM/brown box:

http://download.intel.com/support/s...wearoutltdwarrantyssd320seriesmay102011en.pdf

Looks like OEM is 5 years OR whenever the MWI on the drive hits 1, whichever is shorter, whereas if you use up all the writes on a retail or reseller box drive within the warranty period they will still cover it. So OEM is 5 years, but with a caveat (that truthfully probably won't be an issue for most people unless you plan on sticking the drive in a server or something like that).

 

[superHARD]

Even Intel drives have their occasional problems. This is an OEM drive, which means that it DOES NOT have the 5-year warranty that Intel normally provides on their retail SSDs.

To me, buying an SSD for 1-year versus 5-years is easily worth the $25 price difference.

LOL in 5 years you'll be throwing away your small 80GB HD's...because you can't sell them, just look at a 30GB SSD now...and it hasn't been very long at all.

 

[Kantastic]

LOL in 5 years you'll be throwing away your small 80GB HD's...because you can't sell them, just look at a 30GB SSD now...and it hasn't been very long at all.

Yeah? And what if my 80GB dies in 13 months? What then? Do I still close my eyes and toss it away?

 

[john3850]

When these ssd are used nomaly they seem to last better then spindle drives.
If you leave some free space and treat them with care they last and are well worth it.
I have 2 SF-1222 and a crucial with just the system and office on them over a year old at 100% life.
To many people want speed and buy SF which leads to problems.
Buy a top brand name like Intel crucial and there are few problems

 

[bryanW1995]

That's a good deal, I paid $229 AR for my x25m g2 on BF 2009.

 

[superHARD]

Yeah? And what if my 80GB dies in 13 months? What then? Do I still close my eyes and toss it away?

Pretty much...Good reason to spend another meager $100 and get a bigger/faster SSD

 

[Roland00Address]

Yeah? And what if my 80GB dies in 13 months? What then? Do I still close my eyes and toss it away?

Yes. Close your eyes, toss it, and move on with your life.

Hardware is not obsolete in 1 year but by year 3 it more or less is obsolete. So you may worry about months 12 to 36, and are willing to pay longer for an extra warranty but remember even if the drive breaks in month 13, not all do, the odds of an oem vs non oem drive failing should be the same since they are the same product. Lets assume a 10% chance breaking in months 12 to 36, how much would you pay extra for that a 1 year warranty vs a 3 year warranty, to protect against that 10% risk? The answer for you is that 3 year warranty should be less than $12.50 extra if the odds of failing are at 10%. Even if the odds of it failing are 10%. Remember these pertinent details about warranties

1) With a warranty, even if they replace the drive it does not recover your data. Data is what makes a hard drive useful, else it is a 125 dollar "toaster" just a mere commodity.
2) In addition you have to deal with the hassle of the RMA the drive, which takes time out of your life. How much is your time worth?
3) Finally some places are **** and cause you to pay for shipping for the RMA, or you do not get your replacement drive until you ship the original in, once again taking time out of your life.

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A 1 year warranty vs a 3 year warranty for a $125 dollar product has some value but when you look at it coldly its value is not that great. This is not a $600 dollar graphic card, or a $6000 dollar car, or a $200,000 dollar house. You care more about those items warranties for most people do not have enough expendable income to easily survive a $600 to $6000 dollar loss.

 

[Jen]

When these ssd are used nomaly they seem to last better then spindle drives.
If you leave some free space and treat them with care they last and are well worth it.
I have 2 SF-1222 and a crucial with just the system and office on them over a year old at 100% life.
To many people want speed and buy SF which leads to problems.
Buy a top brand name like Intel crucial and there are few problems

if ssdlife is reading this ocz correctly my health is at 8% we will see how long this drive lasts


Jen

 

[Holler]

Yes. Close your eyes, toss it, and move on with your life.

Hardware is not obsolete in 1 year but by year 3 it more or less is obsolete. So you may worry about months 12 to 36, and are willing to pay longer for an extra warranty but remember even if the drive breaks in month 13, not all do, the odds of an oem vs non oem drive failing should be the same since they are the same product. Lets assume a 10% chance breaking in months 12 to 36, how much would you pay extra for that a 1 year warranty vs a 3 year warranty, to protect against that 10% risk? The answer for you is that 3 year warranty should be less than $12.50 extra if the odds of failing are at 10%. Even if the odds of it failing are 10%. Remember these pertinent details about warranties

1) With a warranty, even if they replace the drive it does not recover your data. Data is what makes a hard drive useful, else it is a 125 dollar "toaster" just a mere commodity.
2) In addition you have to deal with the hassle of the RMA the drive, which takes time out of your life. How much is your time worth?
3) Finally some places are **** and cause you to pay for shipping for the RMA, or you do not get your replacement drive until you ship the original in, once again taking time out of your life.

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A 1 year warranty vs a 3 year warranty for a $125 dollar product has some value but when you look at it coldly its value is not that great. This is not a $600 dollar graphic card, or a $6000 dollar car, or a $200,000 dollar house. You care more about those items warranties for most people do not have enough expendable income to easily survive a $600 to $6000 dollar loss.

huh? most pc users don't use ssds for data. they use it as an OS drive. ssds have pretty much have not scaled in size like typical spindle drives. i bought my 128 gb titan drive 3 years ago. its still incredibly useful. guess what is still the sweet spot size wise for most buyers? its still the 120/128 GB size. i guess with your logic people like throwing away money?

 

[Roland00Address]

The price is now $129.99+FS, Use the coupon code they listed (HARDOCP11X2C) and it is $104.99

 

[Roland00Address]

huh? most pc users don't use ssds for data. they use it as an OS drive. ssds have pretty much have not scaled in size like typical spindle drives. i bought my 128 gb titan drive 3 years ago. its still incredibly useful. guess what is still the sweet spot size wise for most buyers? its still the 120/128 GB size. i guess with your logic people like throwing away money?

A OEM drive and a Retail Drive should have the same failure rate, for years 1 to 5 for they are the same drive. Spending extra on a longer warranty for this drive is not worth it. Are you seriously going to let intel "insure your drive" from 1 year to 5 years for the price difference (which is currently 55 dollars or 52% of the cost). Note these drives are identical you are just paying an insurance guy to make you feel better.

Self insure, if you lose the insurance bet, then all you are out is $105 dollars. This is not health or life insurance which has dire consequences on you or your family..

Furthermore look at how cheap of prices SSD have gotten in the last 3 years. I am using newegg and web archive for numbers.

Intel 80gb G1 (OEM)
1-Jan-09 $539.00
1-May-09 $324.99
1-Jan-10 $259.00

Intel 80gb G2 (OEM)
Intel X25-M G2
20-Jun-10 $219.99
(I can't find any more web archive dates on this drive, for I will settle for the Retail version now)

Intel 80gb G2 (Retail)
Intel X25-M G2
11-Oct-10 $204.99
11-Dec-10 $174.49
11-Jan-11 $174.49

Intel 80gb 320 (G3 of the controller)
11-Nov-08 $104.99

So that is a price drop (with advances of technology such as faster speed and trim) of 513% in 34 months, or a price drop of 309% percent in 30 months.

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Self insure, walk away if your SSD breaks and move on.

 

[IAteYourMother]

huh? most pc users don't use ssds for data. they use it as an OS drive. ssds have pretty much have not scaled in size like typical spindle drives. i bought my 128 gb titan drive 3 years ago. its still incredibly useful. guess what is still the sweet spot size wise for most buyers? its still the 120/128 GB size. i guess with your logic people like throwing away money?

I dont think you get his post.

 

[jonno]

Thanks Roland00Address- u just cost me $105

 

[SpeedTester]

Yes. Close your eyes, toss it, and move on with your life.

1) With a warranty, even if they replace the drive it does not recover your data. Data is what makes a hard drive useful, else it is a 125 dollar "toaster" just a mere commodity.
2) In addition you have to deal with the hassle of the RMA the drive, which takes time out of your life. How much is your time worth?
3) Finally some places are **** and cause you to pay for shipping for the RMA, or you do not get your replacement drive until you ship the original in, once again taking time out of your life.

Myself if I have a device that fails and is still under warranty will send it back and get a replacement. I don't care if its a $25 item or a $1000 item the cost to ship it back and my time is well worth it, besides thats it's not like we are sending a 85lb CRT monitor back like I have before in the past.

 

[Roland00Address]

Myself if I have a device that fails and is still under warranty will send it back and get a replacement. I don't care if its a $25 item or a $1000 item the cost to ship it back and my time is well worth it, besides thats it's not like we are sending a 85lb CRT monitor back like I have before in the past.

I am not arguing not to use a warranty if it is avaliable. I am arguing against paying extra for a longer warranty on the same item (oem vs retail), if the extra warranty costs more than 10% and the item has less than a 10% failure rate.

 

[Holler]

I am not arguing not to use a warranty if it is avaliable. I am arguing against paying extra for a longer warranty on the same item (oem vs retail), if the extra warranty costs more than 10% and the item has less than a 10% failure rate.

why 10% why not 11%. why not 10.5%. lolz

stuff fails with age and i find stuff fails more on the 3-5 year timeframe. its more then worth it to me pay a slight premium to safeguard my investment especially when you take other factors into account like inflation, etc.

no matter how many numbers you crunch your still betting against the house. to me a 1 year warranty is worthless. it might as well be 30 days since products that do fail occur during that 1st month 99% of the time.

 

[eggrolls]

why 10% why not 11%. why not 10.5%. lolz

stuff fails with age and i find stuff fails more on the 3-5 year timeframe. its more then worth it to me pay a slight premium to safeguard my investment especially when you take other factors into account like inflation, etc.

no matter how many numbers you crunch your still betting against the house. to me a 1 year warranty is worthless. it might as well be 30 days since products that do fail occur during that 1st month 99% of the time.

If the failure rate during the extra warranty period is X%, then the extra warranty is worth X% of the purchase price. That's basic math. If you feel unsure about the product surviving during that time frame, by all means pay for the peace of mind.

 

[IAteYourMother]

If the failure rate during the extra warranty period is X%, then the extra warranty is worth X% of the purchase price. That's basic math. If you feel unsure about the product surviving during that time frame, by all means pay for the peace of mind.

Yeah it's hard to believe people don't understand the math.

 

[VirtualLarry]

In-stock again. I tried the promo code mentioned in the thread, and it says that although you've entered a valid promo code, my order does not meet the promo code's usage requirements.

 

[frostedflakes]

Code was only valid until 11/08. Not sure why it gives you that message, though. Maybe that's just a generic message they used for expired promo codes as well.